Level of social discontent has deep roots in Costa Rica

The social unrest currently facing Costa Rica has deep roots in the level of unemployment and increases in the cost of living, precisely now that a new package of taxes was introduced yesterday.

On the other hand, President Carlos Alvarado's support for the human rights of the LGBTI was seen by his detractors as a major error that yesterday cost the government the dismissal of Edgar Mora, minister for Education, La República reports in Spanish.